Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'10" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Miller profession.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He worked as a nervous Dilettante and found it very stressful. Being a Dilettante kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Religious, Job, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has no hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Aramil was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 pp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown wide-brimmed hat and brown clothes, and he perpetually has his sickle ready. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in the east to a Bookbinder, Quarion learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 14000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Raer grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears pastel trousers with red and pastel striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and is pretty ugly. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. After a long history of fighting, Aramil and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.